Under the new amendments, it will be considered a crime to place an image of a policeman when performing on television or social networks.
The penalty will be a year in prison and a fine of up to 45 thousand euros.
Claire Edon, the chief French ombudsman, has demanded that the draft law on the posting of images of gendarmes be withdrawn. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed “deep concern”. For his part, the head of the French Ministry of the Interior said that the new measure will only aim to protect the lives of police officers and gendarmes who, unlike many European colleagues, work with open faces.